critque

Unit 2 ENG 120

Critique Assignment

Due: 11:59 PM EST Sunday

The critique does have a negative connotation, but it doesn’t have to be a strictly negative piece. After reading through the readings about Artificial

Intelligence and how to write critiques, choose one of the required readings (listed below) to write your critique. The critique will be two to three

pages in length and employ APA format.

Follow these guidelines to write your critique:

 The critique should be two to three pages in length. Choose one of the following articles:

o “What did the Watson Computer do?”

o “Computer Wins on Jeopardy, Trivial, It’s Not”

o “The AI Revolution is on”

o “The Man who Would Teach Machines to Think”

o “Mind in the Machine”

 Include an APA title page

 Include APA in-text citations wherever you reference the text.

 Include a reference page in APA format.

 Be objective and avoid using “I”, “you”, and “we”.

Students: Be sure to read the criteria, by which your paper/project will be evaluated, before you write, and again after you write.

Critique Rubric

Unsatisfactory – 1 Developing – 2 Proficient – 3 Exemplary – 4

Organization

The critique lacks a topic

sentence, does not state the

main idea of the original

selection, and lacks an

appropriate conclusion.

The critique does not begin with

a topic sentence that states the

main idea of the original

selection but has an effective

concluding statement.

The critique begins with a topic

sentence that states the main

idea of the original selection

but lacks a concluding

statement that brings the

critique to a close.

The critique begins with a

clear topic sentence that states

the main idea of the original

selection. A concluding

sentence effectively brings the

critique to a close.

Support

The critique states few major

ideas and does not use a

logical order. The writing

lacks unity, coherence, and

supporting details.

The critique does not include all

major ideas but the writing is

unified and coherent. Missing

most supporting details.

The writing is unified and

coherent and all major ideas

are represented, but is lacking

in some supporting details.

All major ideas are arranged

in logical order. The writing is

unified and coherent

throughout. Includes all

supporting details.

Elements of

Critique

Student neither evaluates nor

analyzes the piece and offers

no commentary or personal

interpretation.

Student does little to evaluate or

analyze the piece. Offers little

commentary or personal

interpretation.

Student evaluates and analyzes

the piece with some insightful

commentary. Uses some

personal interpretation to

strengthen claims.

Student appropriately

evaluates and analyzes the

piece, accurately presents

insightful commentary on the

validity of the piece, and uses

personal interpretation to

strengthen claims.

APA

Format

There is no evidence of

proper APA style anywhere

in the critique.

The critique contains more than

seven APA errors in title page,

objective tone, citation, and

active voice.

The critique contains four to

six errors in APA style title

page, objective tone, citation,

and active voice.

The critique contains fewer

than three errors in APA style

title page, objective tone,

citation, and active voice.

Grammar,

Mechanics

Errors in mechanics make

the critique difficult to

understand.

There are seven or more errors

in mechanics, usage, grammar,

or spelling.

There are four to six errors in

mechanics, usage, grammar, or

spelling.

There are fewer than three

errors in mechanics, usage,

grammar, or spelling.

20 = 100% 16 = 90% 12 = 79% 8 = 70%

19 = 98% 15 = 87% 11 = 77% 7 = 68%

18 = 96% 14 = 84% 10 = 75% 6 = 66%

17 = 93% 13 = 81% 9 = 73% 5 = 64%

*A zero can be earned if the above criteria are not met.